The Dollar Lunch

About the Book

“The Dollar Lunch” is an eloquent description of the elderly and their struggle to have a life, as told through the eyes of a middle-aged woman, who works at a Senior Center. Through her detailed description, of her interaction with these people and others, with little money, she gives us access to the universal battle of survival. This is a compelling story of existence, of struggles won and lost, by those survivors who have not yet given up.

About the Author

From her past as an only child in Chicago to the mother of four and grandmother of many, in Los Angeles, Marion Gage Levy explores the plight of the elderly, and others, who strive to exist each day in a world that discounts their worth. After five years of work at a Senior Center and eleven years of volunteerism as a paraprofessional Senior Peer Counselor, she reflects upon her sixty-seven years of life experiences, as she, too, braves the perils of aging.